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Let's go with "prediction"

If UND gets a save % at .900 or higher in any game this series they will win.

Statistics are real......I like those. As an example UND has the worst save% in the nation. That is real. That is factual. xG is an analytic which is a "coulda, shoulda, woulda".....it is not real. 13-4 record today based on xG per Schloss is not real. It is a unicorn wish. Nothing says we all have to see this one way or the other. Statistics and analytics are not the same thing. The Goggle even says so. We can on and on about this but until this team wins games in this series a 15-4 xG record won't mean anything if they leave WMU 6-10-3.

So like xG the boogeyman is "real" too? Good thing I didn't know about these things as a child......I would have had to sleep with the lights on!

Solid choice. That'll be good fun. Great band.

Where will that potentially leave UND in the Pairwise?

Wasn't Scholss there? ....asking for Port.

I'll listen to TH tonight and hopefully be able to follow on Schloss's live chat as well. The question I have is will the score be the same on both outlets as the game progresses?

If this story is "incomplete" as some suggest Schloss could have helped complete it and BB could easily have done that.....but neither did or will.

So Kunz goes from top line on a Friday to a suit the next night to not even making this trip. At some point you kind of need to know what your personal can do. Same for Johnson. Two draft picks sitting at home. Throwing something against the wall weekly to see if it sticks lineup wise doesn't work.

Some would suggest 6-0 during that stretch....well kind of 6-0.......actually not really 6-0.

I'd be ok if BB even started addressing this issue with this......

15 will be back.in the lineup Friday

Nope...our local journalists are too concerned about xG analytics.

They did beat Roseau last night 5-1. Weakest section in the state. To your point though they did lost 3 defenseman. IIRC 2 to Juniors and 1 to US development team. Their goalie is really good.

"It takes money to buy whiskey"..... so I've been told.

6-8-3 (actual) vs 13-4 (fictional)........ how does 90+% correct fit with this team??

Misread the ASU game. Premise to remains the same......DU grossly outplayed UND both nights. Against this?? What realistic value does it bring is the bigger question. For anyone to think this team is anywhere close to a 13-4 team as the xG metric suggest is ridiculous. Least Schloss is loyal to carrying the water for this program. I'd be more interested in Schloss asking the question to BB about Brianna and how did she acquire that TM? But I digress......

Another one that has turned to the dark side..... The xG metric had UND beating/winning vs Arizona St and DU (can't remember which night). The eyeball test, if anyone was at or watched, in both of those incidences with the ASU games or DU series revealed the right/better team won. Will we see a turnaround....hopefully. A sweep this weekend would help. If this team comes out of WMU 6-10-3 heading into the break I think the reality of what this team's record actually is needs to be recognized and not what it could have been based on xG and Pixie dust.

Here's a "fact".......this team is dead last in the country save %. When your rate of fishing the puck out of your own net is greater than you putting it in the other net it is not complicated as far as how the outcome will turn out.

If the meaningless metrics and analytics make you feel more comfortable about this team's actual W/L record and Pairwise position make sure to leave cookies and milk out on the night of the 24th.

I for one am comfortable where this team is currently at because based on the xG metrics UND is #7 in the Pairwise. So glad I bought West Regional tickets.

The xG argument......that's gonna save this season?

26 21 18 IMO need to be in the lineup every night from here on out. Might as well put 29 in that group.

So with all of that said I'll go.... Friday WMU 2-1 Saturday 2-2 WMU SO win Berry will pull out the black NODAK jerseys Saturday to salvage a Pairwise tie.